One Down, Dozens More to Go

By

Claudia Rosett

Updated Dec. 16, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

We got Saddam Hussein. Now, what about all the other dictators?

That long list of surviving despots makes up the true axis of evil, which is the source of the worst troubles of the modern world, according to author and former U.S. ambassador Mark Palmer. Replacing every last one of them with democracy is not only desirable, says Mr. Palmer; it is doable.